An inspirational practical guide with bold and colourful designs, Polymer clay is a popular medium suitable for and loved by crafters of all ages and skill levels.

It is available in every imaginable colour and easily cured in a home oven, making clay art accessible to everyone. Clay surfaces can be enhanced in many ways and borrowing techniques from other crafts, such as stamping, punching, mosaicing and embossing adds tremendously to the versatility of this craft, making it fun and rewarding. This book shows you how to use it to create exquisite jewellery, stylish gifts, decorative boxes, buttons, faux finishes, attractive home accessories and much more.

Lots of step by step photographs ensure that not even a rank beginner can go wrong, and full page pictures of the finished items will inspire clay crafters to try the terrific projects. Many techniques, from basic conditioning to creative canework and millefiori-finishes, are clearly explained and illustrated, then contextualised in the various projects. Use these techniques to create your own unique pieces and custom designs. Owing to the nature of the medium, no two pieces will ever look exactly the same.

So go get your clay and start playing!

Expressive Sketchbooks shares a host of creative ideas and prompts, tools and techniques, methods for working around obstacles and barriers, and tons of visual inspiration to help you grow in your sketchbooking practice. An expressive sketchbook is a place for you to explore, express, and enjoy your own innate creativity on your own terms. It is a safe playground for the imagination-a place to mess about, play, and experiment-and to gain confidence in your abilities as you develop your skills. Expressive Sketchbooks offers techniques and creative exercises that incorporate mark making, watercolor, mixed media, collage, words and text, and more. It unpacks some of the obstacles and barriers that you may face along the way and offers wisdom and encouragement to help you decide why and how to start your sketchbook and how to develop and expand your artistic practice. This book is packed with ideas and exercises, including: Exploratory drawing exercises How to utilize color in your sketchbook How to create dynamic and varied sketchbook pages How to find inspiration in nature and in your everyday life Ways to mix media and art supplies Ways to kickstart your creativity How to find and develop a process that feels personal to you Through this book, you'll find out what lights you up, what makes you curious and fascinated, and what makes you expansive. Discover how to magnify your creativity and enliven your art skills by using an expressive sketchbook as your daily companion.

Keeping a child engaged and happy can be a tall order, but with "1000 Kids Art Ideas," you'll never run out of inspiration This fun, visual reference features a thousand arts and crafts projects for adults and children to do together. With an emphasis on recycled materials and nature, a wide range of art is covered. From making dolls and edible treats to sculpting and printmaking, everything is simple enough to recreate, but also up to interpretation. Add your own creative twist to make them your own and ask your child to do the same Not only will you be engaging your children and activating their imagination, but also teaching them critical skills. "1000 Kids Art Ideas" also features purposely open-ended art meant to bring families closer together. You'll be able to connect with your child on a deeper level in no time, letting them know that you can be fun, too

The pages of The Confession Album contain 100 questions. Your part is collecting the answers - whether from a loved one, or yourself - in the course of an evening, or over a lifetime. If you're answering for yourself, The Confession Album offers an opportunity to gain and share the solace of self-expression; a way to relay knowledge or impart wisdom; store a little data about what matters in the old-fashioned way, by putting pen to paper. If you're collecting someone else's answers - whether together in person or by inviting them to respond alone and share with you later - The Confession Album is above all an opportunity to bond. To lend your ears and give your love. The Confession Album might be used to mark a birthday or anniversary. As an activity to anchor a family trip or weekend with friends. At the very least, it beats a Greeting Card or social media quiz. At best, it creates a small but thoughtful legacy - recording thought, and hard-won wisdom, to advise and inspire. For Aspiring Writers, The Confession Album removes one more barrier to putting pen to paper. The Confession Album is designed to encourage you to make a start, to help writers find and refine their voice on the page.

Rediscover a more child-like approach to creating with Drawing and Painting Imaginary Animals Through fun and creative exercises, Carla Sonheim teaches you to draw a variety of fun animals and creatures, including:

- Dogs

- Birds

- Elephants

- Fish

- Cats

- Rabbits

- And many others

You'll also find a variety of unique mixed-media techniques to help you bring your creatures to life, resulting in a unique finished art piece. Improve your drawing skills, expand your creativity, and learn new art techniques--and have loads of fun doing it --with Drawing and Painting Imaginary Animals.

What magic is brewing inside the Cauldron of Curiosities? From joyful jack-o’-lanterns and fantastical fall foliage, to ominous owls and ghastly goblins, you’ll find everything you need to conjure up something truly terrifying! Invite magic and mystery into your life with this hauntingly beautiful collection of spellbinding stickers, filled with carefully curated images from times of yore, the natural world, and the realms beyond.

This sticker book contains more than 500 stickers with gorgeously gothic vintage images from the Gilded Age through the 1920s. With 16 sheets of wood-free matte stickers, excellent for scrapbooking, decorating Halloween cards, and using for any paper craft activity, as well as 100 pages of colorful patterned papers to use for crafting, letters, and other spooky projects will make your creations lovely and unique. We hope you have fun exploring this cauldron and adding some of its dark magic to your own world.

• More than 500 vintage stickers to choose from in this beautiful treasure trove sticker book. Also includes 100 pattern pages to use in paper crafts
• Decorate scrapbooks, journals, letters, stationery or even make your own eclectic piece of art.
• Stickers are a mix of full color as well as line art, which you can color to suit your creativity.
• Use your imagination along with the included colorful, patterned paper to create your very own sticker crafting activity.
• Unique, fun, and highly versatile stickers are easy to peel and stick and can be used any way you like!

Create your own path to anxiety relief with this coloring book for adults.

There are lots of books for stress and anxiety, but if you are looking for an easy way to find stress relief, coloring books are a great way to focus your attention on creativity and away from persistent worries. This adult coloring book for anxiety sufferers offers a beautiful collection of images to color while you relax your brain, plus simple guidance on mindfulness for stress relief.

Features:

• 35 tranquil images―Escape for days into organic patterns, peaceful scenes, natural objects, and calming landscapes. Color the images in this anxiety relief book however you like; there are no rules!
• Mindfulness basics―Go beyond other coloring books for anxiety and learn how mindfulness works―and try two beginner-friendly meditations to help you relax.
• Shareable artwork―One-sided pages make it easy to color and to tear out your artwork for display or sharing with a friend.

Ease your anxious thoughts and practice mindfulness with the Anxiety Relief Coloring Book for Adults.

More than 75 techniques for dyeing, painting, printing and applying interesting embellishments. The focus of this title is on decorating fabric, with loads of inspiration and ideas for crafters, teachers, quilters, fibre artists and anyone who is fascinated by textiles. Photographs illustrate how off the peg items can be zhooshed up and plain lengths decorated for any purpose, including material for quilting fat quarters. Authors use clear, step-by-step presentation to demonstrate the layering of the featured techniques creating rich, sumptuous effects. The enthusiastic and descriptive writing style will whet your appetite and encourage even the absolute novice to play and experiment.